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... legs , then two , then three ; Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away at last on four . The first part ... legs in the morning , two legs at noon , and three legs at night ? This he folves , as our forefathers have done for ...
... legs , then two , then three ; Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away at last on four . The first part ... legs in the morning , two legs at noon , and three legs at night ? This he folves , as our forefathers have done for ...
Page 288
... legs , then two legs , then three legs ; then lofes one leg , then gets two legs , and at laft runs away upon four legs ? Were I disposed to be sple- netick , I fhould ask if there was any thing in the new garland of riddles fo wild ...
... legs , then two legs , then three legs ; then lofes one leg , then gets two legs , and at laft runs away upon four legs ? Were I disposed to be sple- netick , I fhould ask if there was any thing in the new garland of riddles fo wild ...
Page 289
... legs , then two , then three ; Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away at last on four ? This riddle , as the Poet tells us , was propofed by Oedipus to the Sphinx , after he had given his folu- tion to that which the Sphinx ...
... legs , then two , then three ; Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away at last on four ? This riddle , as the Poet tells us , was propofed by Oedipus to the Sphinx , after he had given his folu- tion to that which the Sphinx ...
Page 290
... legs , viz . two natural and two artificial . But this I have no authority for ; and therefore upon mature confideration do find that the words ( Then gets two more ) are only Greek expletives , introduced to make up the verse , and to ...
... legs , viz . two natural and two artificial . But this I have no authority for ; and therefore upon mature confideration do find that the words ( Then gets two more ) are only Greek expletives , introduced to make up the verse , and to ...
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